ATHENS-----The fourth-ranked Georgia men's tennis team punched its ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a 7-0 win over Virginia Tech in the ITA Kickoff at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility Monday.

The Bulldogs (3-0) earned their third shutout of the year to advance to the National Indoors Feb. 17-20 in Charlottesville, Va. Georgia has won the National Indoor Tournament twice and reached the finals six times.

"This was a good win against a good Virginia Tech team," said head coach Manuel Diaz. "For a while it looked like we could lose two of the singles matches. We had to claw our way back and managed to get some momentum. The guys did a good job of staying positive and fighting. Eventually we turned it around. I'm really proud of our guys."

For the third time in as many matches this year, Georgia won the doubles point to take the early lead.